How do I check whether this user is anonymous or actually a user on my system?

You can check if request.user.is_anonymous returns True.

An Alternative to

if user.is_anonymous():    # user is anon user

is by testing to see what the id of the user object is:

if user.id == None:    # user is anon userelse:    # user is a real user

python django http authentication

I know I'm doing a bit of grave digging here, but a Google search brought me to this page.

If your view def requires that the user is logged in, you can implement the @login_required decorator:

from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required@login_requireddef my_view(request):    …

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